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Skillset names successful applicants for Inside Pictures programme
Skillset's film business training programmeInside Pictures has announced the 14 successfulapplicants for its 2005/6 programme. The group was chosen from hundreds of applicationsthrough a committee selection process and a shortlist of interviews. The successful applicants are:- Alexei Boltho, Commercial Executive, BBCFilms -Tara Buckwell, Legal and Business Affairs Manager,Tiger Aspect Pictures ...
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UK tax plans get some credit
Ever since the Government published its consultation document for thereplacement of Section 48 and 42 in July, accountants and producers have beenquick to run their slide rules over the new tax credit proposals to see whatthey are really worth.There were several immediate areas of concern. One was inward investment- would ...
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AFI FEST to tribute Depp, screen world premiere of Libertine
Johnny Depp willbe the subject of this year's tribute at AFI FEST 2005, which includes an on-stageinterview followed by the world premiere of the final cut of The Libertine.In TheLibertine Depp plays theEarl of Rochester, the 17th century poet whose wild behaviour scandalizedsociety and who drunk himself into an early ...
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Mfaume named managing director of Manga in Japan
IDTEntertainment subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment has named Kaoru Mfaumemanaging director of its Manga Entertainment.The Japan-basedMfaume recently held the post of vice president acquisitions at the company andbegan his career at Manga UK in 1995 as a production co-coordinator, eventuallytaking on the role of vice president of acquisitions for Manga and ...
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TLA picks up US rights to Evilenko
TLA Releasing has picked upNorth American home entertainment and broadcast rights from Blue Star Movies toDavid Grieco's Italian-Russian psychological thriller Evilenko.The Philadelphia-basedcompany plans an early 2006 release on the title, which stars Malcolm McDowellas the real-life Russian serial killer who killed more than 50 children over 20years.Marton Csokas, whose creditsinclude ...
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Tiger spreads pawmark across Italy
DreamWorksInternational's number one international title Wallace And Gromit looks a good bet to continue itsdomination this weekend.The animatedfeature was scheduled to open through UIP in France on Oct 12, Germany on Oct13 and the UK on Oct 14; it has amassed more than $13.8m to date.Other UIPreleases include Universal's sci-fi ...
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HK government to set up film development board
Hong Kong's new chief executive Donald Tsang has outlinedplans to set up a film development board to support the territory's ailing filmindustry. Speaking in his first policyaddress on Wednesday, Tsang said the board would improve government consultationwith the Hong Kong film industry, review its present conditions andfuture opportunities and formulate ...
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Craig crowned as new James Bond
After taking$3.6bn worldwide, 43 years, 20 films, 58 girls and 18 Martinis, James Bond hasa sixth face - English actor Daniel Craig. The 37-year-oldactor was officially announced as the new James Bond today at a London newsconference held at HMS President, a naval training facility, on the RiverThames. Craig arrived ...
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NEWS IN BRIEF
SCHEIDER SIGNS UP FOR GOOD WARROME: Roy Scheider has been chosen to replace Harvey Keitel (who in turn replaced Sam Shepard) in the $6m, ten-years-in-the-making The Good War (entitled Texas in Italy), which is being produced by Alessandro Verdecchi of Orango Films. Italian hearthrob Raoul Bova has also dropped out ...
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Polanski, Silverstone set for Amazonas festival
The 2nd World Adventure Film Festival, held in the remoteAmazonas city of Manaus, has announced its line-up - and several starsincluding Alicia Silverstone and Roman Polanski are packing their bags for aweek in the jungle.Set to unspoolbetween November 4 and 11, the Amazonas festival will open with Oliver Twist and ...
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Spanish broadcasters bankroll commercial fare
Spanishbroadcaster Antena 3 cranks up production on Monday (Oct 17) on its biggest feature filmto date, the Euros 10m period drama Los Borgia.The 100% Antena3 production is set to roll during 10 weeks in Spain and Italy beginningOctober 17 with stars Paz Vega (Spanglish), Lluis Homar (Bad Education), Maria Valverde ...
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Hollywood Classics launches InFrame sales agency
HollywoodClassics, a decades-old distributor of classic films, is launching a new salesagency devoted to contemporary independent films. Joe Dreier, headof Hollywood Classics and its new InFrame division, said that the new arm wouldwork with "new independent films from first or second-time directors who showgreat promise." He estimated the company's titles ...
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Daniel Craig crowned as 'blond' Bond
After $3.6bnworldwide, 43 years, 20 films, 58 girls and 18 Martinis, James Bond has a sixthface - English actor Daniel Craig. The 37-year-oldactor was officially announced as the new James Bond today at a London newsconference held at HMS President, a naval training facility, on the RiverThames. Commenting onwhy he ...
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Grain, Unforgiven take top awards at Pusan
Chinese-Korean co-productionGrain In Ear and Korean independent film The Unforgiven dominatedthe awards at the tenth edition of the Pusan International Film Festival (Oct6-14).Zhang Lu's Grain In Ear, which premiered in the Critics Week section at Cannes earlier this year, picked up the $30,000 NewCurrents Award for first and second-time Asian ...
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Good Night to open, Potemkin to close Sao Paolo
The 29th annualSao Paulo International Film Festival will kick off on Oct 21 with GeorgeClooney's Good Night, And Good Luckand close with the restored version of The Battleship Potemkin accompanied by the local Jazz Symphonic Orchestra onNov 3.Some 350 films from morethan 50 countries will screen at the event which ...
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Lamba leaves Disney to join Dimension as executive vp
Sanjeev Lamba is joiningDimension Films as executive vice president of marketing and new mediadevelopment. Based in New York, Lambawill begin work on Oct 24 and reports to Dimension chief Bob Weinstein. He will oversee online andnew media marketing for both the theatrical and home video slate, and willcreate new business ...
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Jackson launches US video label Freestyle Home Entertainment
Susan Jackson, who alongwith Mark Borde and Mike Doban owns Los Angeles-based US theatricaldistribution and marketing outfit Freestyle Releasing, has launched DVD labelFreestyle Home Entertainment. With an output anddistribution deal through Visual Entertainment, Freestyle Home Entertainmentplans to release a varied slate of 20 titles in 2006, kicking off on Nov ...
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IDT to handle international sales on Yankee Irving
US-based IDT EntertainmentSales will handle international sales for its computer-generated animatedfeature Yankee Irving, which is setto be released in the US in August 2006 through 20th Century Fox. The project was originallyto be directed by the late Christopher Reeve and centres on a boy who embarkson a cross-country adventure to ...
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Shore leaves Kong after differences with Jackson
Citing creative differenceswith Peter Jackson, composer Howard Shore has "amicably" left the production ofKing Kong two months before itsNorth American release. Shore will be replaced byJames Newton Howard, the multi-Academy Award nominee whose credits include BatmanBegins, The Sixth Sense and RunawayBride. "I have greatly enjoyed mycollaborations with Howard Shore, whose ...
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High Point, Film Company expand team
The UK's High Point & The Film Company Group has appointed Chris Bluett to the position of film sales executicve. Bluett, who was previously a senior researcher for Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, has been working with the the group's sales team for the past year.The group ...